What Are Shatter Cones

question 14

Multiple Choice

What are shatter cones?

• A)funnel-shaped cones of rock with apex pointing downward, with striations radiating downward and outward
• B)funnel-shaped cones of rock with apex pointing upward, with striations radiating downward and outward
• C)cone-shaped depressions in and around the crater, caused by hypervelocity impact
• D)vertical cracks in rocks, radiating outward from the point of impact
• E)rocks that shattered at impact, leaving cone-shaped depressions where the rocks once were

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